Cinema Extreme was a major UK short film funding awards scheme, created in 2002. The scheme was funded by the
UK Film Council’s
New Cinema Fund and
Film4
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and managed by
The Bureau with the aim "to seek out and develop filmmakers with a distinctive directorial voice and cinematic flair". The fund was awarded on an annual basis, offering funding to a slate of around four short films.
Nineteen films were commissioned. They have been shown at festivals around the world and won numerous awards including Best Short at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for
Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins (born 22 July 1973) is an English film director and artist, best known for directing the independent film ''Better Things'' (2008).
Career
Hopkins' first short film, ''Field'', made in 2001, premiered at Cannes Film Festival a ...
’
Love Me or Leave Me Alone and the
Oscar for Best Short Film for
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include ''Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and ''American Honey'' (2016), ...
’s
Wasp
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.
The scheme has catapulted many of the commissioned filmmakers to their first feature:
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Wasp
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director
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include ''Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and ''American Honey'' (2016), ...
went on to direct
Red Road
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which won the
Cannes
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Jury Prize
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Juries developed in England durin ...
in 2006;
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A Changed Man director
Jens Jonsson went on to direct
God Morgon Alla Barn;
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Love Me or Leave Me Alone director
Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins (born 22 July 1973) is an English film director and artist, best known for directing the independent film ''Better Things'' (2008).
Career
Hopkins' first short film, ''Field'', made in 2001, premiered at Cannes Film Festival a ...
and producer
Samm Haillay
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are in post-production on
Better Things;
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The Bypass
''The Bypass'' is a 2003 short silent Bollywood film with actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The film was written and directed by Amit Kumar. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India. Th ...
producer
Trevor Ingman is producing feature documentary
The Meerkats
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;
*
Get the Picture director
Rupert Wyatt
Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972) is an English screenwriter, director and producer. He made his directorial debut with the 2008 film ''The Escapist (2008 film), The Escapist'', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His second film wa ...
and producer
Adrian Sturges
Adrian Sturges (born 17 October 1976) is a British-born film producer.
Early life
Sturges was born in London, England and grew up in Rochester, Kent
Education
Sturges was educated at The King's School, Rochester, in Kent, in South East Englan ...
are in post-production on
The Escapist;
* Soft director
Simon Ellis and producer
Jane Hooks
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* ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...
are in post production on
Dogging: A Love Story;
*
Dog's Mercury
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and producer
Jane Hooks
Jane may refer to:
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* Jane (surname), related to the given name
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are in production on
Crack Willow.
2010
2006
2004/2005
2003
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The Bypass
''The Bypass'' is a 2003 short silent Bollywood film with actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irfan Khan and Sundar Dan Detha. The film was written and directed by Amit Kumar. The Bypass was filmed on a stranded road somewhere in Rajasthan, India. Th ...
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Wasp
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Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include ''Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and ''American Honey'' (2016), ...
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Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include ''Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and ''American Honey'' (2016), ...
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Cowboy Films Ltd
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Love Me or Leave Me a Alone''
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Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins (born 22 July 1973) is an English film director and artist, best known for directing the independent film ''Better Things'' (2008).
Career
Hopkins' first short film, ''Field'', made in 2001, premiered at Cannes Film Festival a ...
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Samm Haillay
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Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins (born 22 July 1973) is an English film director and artist, best known for directing the independent film ''Better Things'' (2008).
Career
Hopkins' first short film, ''Field'', made in 2001, premiered at Cannes Film Festival a ...
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A Changed Man''
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Film organisations in the United Kingdom